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Jimmy and Monica: The Rise of Organized Labor

Chapter 20--Section 4

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sweatshopa workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
Samuel Gompershead of the AFL union
Knights of Labor; AFLtwo unions formed in late 1800's
collective bargainingthe right of unions to negotiate with management for workers as a group
strikewhen workers stop working trying to get management to give in to their demands
unionworkers who join together in order to improve their working conditions
Triangle Fireworkers killed when the door was locked and fire ladders wouldn't reach
Goals of Knights of Laborban child labor; equal pay for men and women
Goals of AFLbetter wages, shorter hours, better working condition
Terence Powderlyleader of the Knights of Labor


8th Grade Social Studies
Markham Place School
NJ

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